Couple offers community a gift for the holidays

A Miller Twp. couple is trying to organize an unusual New Year's celebration. They'd like to host an alcohol-free party where the revelers gather and play board games while remaining on call as designated drivers for the inebriated in need of a safe ride home.

“We wanted to offer our services and wondered if there was anyone else in the community willing to serve as designated drivers,” said Sue Seltzer.

Seltzer hopes to make the service available in the Perry County area as a gift to the community.

Thus far, she and her husband, Scott, are the only two drivers signed up for New Year's Eve duty, but they are hoping that this article and a posting on their FaceBook walls will get other people involved.

“We just wanted to do something to help others out,” Sue said. “We tried it last year by putting it up on FaceBook but we didn't get any calls. If we get enough interest, we’d like to pick a location, play board games and just be on call. It would be like a New Year's party, without alcohol.

“You hear a lot of people say: Don't drink and drive. You don't hear about a lot of people offering to be designated drivers.”

“We don't drink, but we don't have anything against anyone who does,” Seltzer said.

People who would like to avail themselves of the service, or who would like to volunteer as designated drivers, may contact Scott Seltzer at 512-0072 or Sue Seltzer at 512-3892.